To clear up any misunderstanding, I wasn't saying I'd rather give my $300 to the Broncos rather than some AFL club.
I was saying I'd rather give my $300 to the Broncos rather than Kayo
This is what the left is pushing. Look at what's happening in the Sam Kerr case. A woman of Indian ancestry calls someone a stupid white whatever, and they tells us this cannot be racist, because it lacks the unequal power dynamic required etc.
Racism studies expert, Associate Professor Mario...
I'm a Kayo 1 screen subscriber. On top of following NRL, I also follow MotoGP and World Superbikes. And with the NRL, I don't have time to watch every game every week, but I watch the other 7 games Mini's. If I only followed NRL, and not the 2 bike series as well, I might be content with Ch 9...
I may have missed it but I don't think anyone said all insults are equal, although I think I may have been misinterpreted as saying that. It's not that they are equal but that they are all wrong.
Crimes, as you state, are a perfect example. Shoplifting is a crime. Murder is a crime. Both are...
"but to use it as a way to dilute the impact of what was said to Mam is disgusting"
I agree 100%, but just to be sure, I didn't do that, did I? If I did let me know where so I can explain it, because it certainly wasn't my intent :)
I don't buy the whole this type of comment is OK because this reason, and that isn't because of history, oppression, other reasons. Targeting someone's appearance to taunt them, put them off their game, make them feel bad, whatever - this behaviour is either OK or it isn't. 30 years ago it was...
I've got no time for 'the ref should put the whistle away' or the game 'should be reffed like the GF' or such comments. Every game should be reffed the same way, you know, to the rules. That's why they have rules. If you need the ref to look the other way so it's an open game, and the NRL wants...
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